Hair curler



De 2, 1941. A, D, cQ' 2,264,933

HAIR CURLER Filed April 4, 1941 2 Sheets-Sheet l A Home A. D. COY

HAIR CURLER Dec. 2, 1941.

2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed April 4, 1941 Inventor 44.5% 041i (0 y A tmrm y Patented Dec. 2, 1941 T E S PAT E.

FEICE 3 Claims.

My invention relates to improvements in hair curlers for use by beauty parlor operators, and others, in forming so-called bobby curls.

The principal object of my invention is to provide an efficient, lightweight, and inexpensive device of the character indicated which is easy to manipulate in rolling curls against the head, holding the same formed while pins are inserted in the curls, and which is adapted for quick removal without disarranging the curls formed thereby.

Other and subordinate objects are also comprehended by my invention all of which, together with the precise nature of my improvements, will be readily understood when the succeeding description and claims are read with reference to the drawings accompanying and forming part of this specification.

In said drawings Figure 1 is a view illustrating the use of my improved hair curler,

Figure 2 is a view in side elevation of the curler, drawn to an enlarged scale, and showing the manner in which a curl is wound thereon,

Figure 3 is a similar view further illustrating the use of the curler,

Figure 4 is a view in plan,

Figure 5 is a view in transverse section taken on the line 5--5 of Figure 3 and drawn to a further enlarged scale,

Figure 6 is a View in perspective of one of the curler sections, and

Figure 7 is a view in perspective of the spring detached.

Reference being had to the drawings by numerals, my improved hair curler comprises a pair of similar sections A, B, each including a straight, bar-like, hand grip 2 and a relatively longer curling finger 3 laterally offset from the hand grip and connected at its rear end to the front end of the hand grip by a laterally extending web 3, the webs 3 being crossed and pivoted together, as at 4, so as to dispose the hand grips 2 in opposed, normally laterally spaced relation upon opposite sides of said pivot, and the curling fingers 3 in similar relation upon relatively opposite sides of the pivot 4 with respect to the hand grips 2, so that movement of the hand grips 2 toward each other, about said pivot 4, will correspondingly move said fingers 3.

The curling fingers 3 are preferably arcuate in cross section and opposed with convex sides outermost to facilitate forming the curls, as will presently more clearly appear, and forwardly tapering edgewise to facilitate withdrawing the same from the curls.

A U-shaped leaf spring 5 is interposed between the curling fingers 3 and anchored thereto by apertures 6 in the ends of the spring fitting over studs 1 on said fingers 3, said spring, as will be clear, urging said fingers and hand grips 2 apart. Each curling finger 3 is formed with a rear end notch 8 at one side of the longitudinal center thereof, and the webs 3 are offset upon opposite sides of said center to enter said notches and establish the normal, open position of said curling fingers 3 and the hand grips 2. In said normal position thereof, the curling fingers 3 diverge slightly forwardly to hold a curl wound thereon.

The webs 3' have rearwardly converging outer sides 9 whereby said webs, in the normal position of the parts, form a wedge between the hand grips 2 for a purpose presently seen.

The use and operation of my described invention will be readily understood. With the hand grips 2 grasped by the operator and the parts in normal position, a strand of hair which it is desired to curl is wound around the fingers 3 and then wound up on said fingers close to the head. The usual bobby pin 10 is then inserted over the curl, ll, or into the same intermediate the curling fingers 3. The hand grips 2 are then pressed together to correspondingly move the curling fingers 3 in opposition to the spring 5, so that the said fingers may be withdrawn from the curl ll without disarranging the same. As will be obvious, in forming the curl H, the diverging relation of the curling fingers 3 facilitates holding the hair during winding upon the fingers, the edge taper of said fingers facilitating withdrawal of the same from the curl.

The wedge, formed by the sides 9 of the webs 3 may be used to pry apart the legs of the usual bobby pin thereby facilitating manipulation of the same in pinning the curls in form.

The foregoing will, it is believed, suffice to impart a clear understanding of my invention withp out further explanation.

Manifestly the invention, as described, is susceptible of modification without departing from the inventive concept, and right is herein reserved to such modifications as fall within the scope of the subjoined claims.

What I claim isl. A hair curler comprising a pair of similar sections each comprising a bar-like straight hand grip and an elongated curler finger laterally offset from the hand grip and extending forwardly thereof and a laterally extending web connecting one end of the curling finger to one end of the hand grip, said webs being pivotally connected in side by side registering relation, whereby said hand grips are movable toward each other to similarly move said curling fingers, a spring interposed between said curling fingers and urging the same and said hand grips apart, said curling fingers having notches in the inner ends thereof and said webs fitting in said notches to limit separative movement of the curling fingers and hand grips.

2. A hair curler comprising a pair of similar sections each comprising a bar-like straight hand grip and an elongated curler finger laterally ofrset from the hand grip and extending forwardly thereof and a laterally extending web connecting one end of the curling finger to one end of the hand grip, said webs being pivotally connected in side by side registering relation, whereby said hand grips are movable toward each other to similarly move said curling fingers, a spring interposed between said curling fingers and urging the same and said hand grips apart, said curling fingers having notches in the inner ends thereof and said webs fitting in said notches to limit separative movement of the curling fingers and hand grips, said curling fingers being transversely arcuate and tapering edgewise forwardly.

3. A hair curler comprising a pair of similar sections each comprising a bar-like straight hand grip and an elongated curler finger laterally offset from the hand grip and extending forwardly thereof and a laterally extending web connecting one end of the curling finger to one end of the hand grip, said webs being pivotally connected in side by side registering relation, whereby said hand grips are movable toward each other to similarly move said curling fingers, a spring interposed between said curling fingers and urging the same and said hand grips apart, said curling fingers having notches in the inner ends thereof and said webs fitting in said notches to limit separative movement of the curling fingers and hand grips, said curling fingers in the limit of separative movement thereof diverging forwardly relatively.-

ALEX DALE COY. 

